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How could such a great culture produce the absolute joke and Game of Thrones murderer D.B. Weiss??
How could such a great culture produce the absolute joke and Game of Thrones murderer D.B. Weiss??
Hypothetical: Would you take a win over Iowa if it meant a loss to Northwestern?
This won't be popular and I wouldn't expect anyone to agree but I would. 100% I would.
I win over Iowa in Iowa means a lot more than a lose at home to Northwestern at this pointHypothetical: Would you take a win over Iowa if it meant a loss to Northwestern?
This won't be popular and I wouldn't expect anyone to agree but I would. 100% I would.
Channeling Ray Nitschke: I’d rather win both games!Hypothetical: Would you take a win over Iowa if it meant a loss to Northwestern?
Depends, does a loss in Iowa City guarantee a victory against the kitty cats? If so, I am going to the NU game and would rather see a victory than a loss.Hypothetical: Would you take a win over Iowa if it meant a loss to Northwestern?
BrewHawk, you've been nothing but respectful, informative and humorous. Are you sure you're an Iowa fan? I was wondering if you were really one of those nice Nebraska fans we have heard about. Ha ha, just kidding... sort of.
I think I’d have to take the safe bet. Beat NW at home and lose to Iowa on the road.
Losing to a top 25 team on the road is expected. Losing to a HORRIBLE NW team at home is not.
If we lost to NW, it would make me think that this amazing 5 game streak (the hypothetical Iowa win included) was a fluke and I’d be super anxious about the bowl game and the future.
I just want to meet expectations. Beating our peers (NW, PU, Rut) is expected. Losing to them (especially at home) is not.
No...losing to a bad Northwestern team would not be a positive look..could marginally impact future in state recruiting. Would like to beat Northwestern by 4 tds.Hypothetical: Would you take a win over Iowa if it meant a loss to Northwestern?
No...losing to a bad Northwestern team would not be a positive look..could marginally impact future in state recruiting. Would like to beat Northwestern by 4 tds.
Hypothetical: Would you take a win over Iowa if it meant a loss to Northwestern?
11am? Come on now...
Hell YES!!!! But keep in mind that I cross the border and go Iowa everyday to work and work for an Iowa based company. In my 18 years of working in Iowa, I have had many BAD interactions regarding Illinois vs. Iowa sporting discussions. You would think they were national champions every year in every sport. Even though they have zero NC in Football & Basketball (you have to give them wrastling). Even though we still own them head to head in FB & BB all time even given our lack luster programs the last 20 years. I'm old enough to remember when Iowa was the laughing stock of the Big 10 in Football and Basketball.Hypothetical: Would you take a win over Iowa if it meant a loss to Northwestern?
The next level for our program is beating who we’re supposed to beat.
Maybe, maybe not.
There's no right answer here but essentially this season is what it is. Now we turn toward where we want this program to go next season and the season after etc. Which game pushes towards that goal? I believe it's clearly Iowa, for a laundry list of reasons.
Read marginally. We need to regain the top school in the state statusLet's stop and think for a minute about who typically recruits higher end talent in our state with the highest degree of success. Is it Northwestern? Or...is it Iowa?
TLDR: A loss to horrible NW at home in the last week of the season does more damage than a win against ranked Iowa, in Iowa, the week before.
A road win at Iowa gets negated by the home loss to terrible NW. Especially because it comes after. (Recency bias and all)
But the real hit to the groin comes from everything surrounding that NW game. We will be on the 5 game streak, possibly ranked, playing in the last home game, it’ll be senior day, AND it would be a HELLUVA good game to bring recruits in as we play for our first 8 win season since 2007. Which means, we could be playing in front of a really good crowd. An almost packed crowd I’d say.
And we lay a huge egg and get beat by one of the worst teams in the league? Our little in-state brother no less?
That will be the taste we have in our mouth going into the bowl game. Now, if we lose that as well, we won’t feel as good about the future coming off the 2 game losing streak to end the season. I’d rather have L-W-L than W-L-L.
Read marginally. We need to regain the top school in the state status
No. At this point we are expected to beat teams like NW and lose to a top 20 program like Iowa. Losing to this NW team would nearly negate our victories to this point and would be a sign of regression to end the season.Hypothetical: Would you take a win over Iowa if it meant a loss to Northwestern?